The following nine runners-up represent what the HOT ROD staff considers the cream of the street machines that have appeared in the magazine during the past year. All these vehicles fought a tough ...

Staffers Gray Baskerville and Jeff Smith duke it out in the name of street superiority. The guys on the staff here at HOT ROD really are "car nuts." It's our job to enjoy cars and share that with you, ...

At the base level, a Hot Rod is a car that takes a humble-looking body and packs it with more power than you can shake a stick at. And, while this is a formula we're used to seeing tuners and ...

Hot rods are for many people the cherry on the custom cars industry cake. Typically American, these builds have inspired generations of drivers ever since bootleggers started converting their cars in ...

The Detroit Autorama was founded by the Michigan Hot Rod Association to put hot rods and custom cars in the spotlight — along ...

Wondering what's with all the classic cars and hot rods in Columbus? It may be due to one of the biggest car shows of the year coming to the city. The Goodguys 25th Summit Racing Nationals, presented ...

Mainstream American automotive enthusiasts have long been divided into two vibrant and primary cultures; Hot Rod and Lowrider. Though they are two very different religions, they both share a large ...

Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, has been a hot spot for car shows for decades, and the tourist town is home to nearly a dozen car and truck shows throughout each year. Two of those shows are the Pigeon Forge ...

Anyone who is at least passingly familiar with custom cars has probably at least heard of the concept of a hot rod. A hot rod is, of course, a custom car designed with the express purpose of going as ...

Some of the very first self-propelled vehicles were products of engineers and the curious in private garages and workshops. Within a few decades of the invention of the first car, companies were ...